B.A.LL.B. (Semester- Ill) Examination, October, 2016 LAW OF CRIMES

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1 B.A.LL.B. (Semester- Ill) Examination, October, 2016 LAW OF CRIMES Duration: 3 hours Total Marks: 75 Instructions: a) Answer ANY EIGHT questions in from Q.No.1 to Q. No.12 b) Q. Nos. 13 & 14 are compulsory d) Candidates are expected to use case law and illustrations (8 X 8 = 64) 1. Elaborate upon the meaning of common intention and compare it with common object under the Indian Penal Code, Dacoity is one of the few offences in the penal code which is punishable at different stages in different ways. Explain. 3. Explain in what situations the right of private defence of the human body extends to the voluntary causing of death to another. 4. Ignorance of fact is excusable, ignorance of law is not. Examine this statement, including its exceptions, in the context of the IPC, 1S Write short notes on: (a) Consent as understood in the IPC, 1860 (b) Commission of theft. Add a note on theft of ones own property. 6. Explain in detail Murder as a category of Culpable homicide, under the I PC, Describe the offence of Dowry death? Give an account of the ingredients of this offence. 8. Explain the ingredients of the offence of Rape and compare the same with the offence ofadultery. 9. Explain the offence of criminal trespass and give an account of the different aggravated forms of this offence. 10.Give an account of the offence of defamation along with the various exceptions available under the IPC, Explain and distinguish between the offences of giving and fabricating false evidence as understood in the I PC, I

2 12.Explain the stages in the life of a crime and the criminal liability with respect to these stages. " 13.Answer any two of the following using logical reasoning of the appropriate ingredients: (3 x 2 =6) (a) A, a woman ran towards a well stating that she would jump into it. Villagers in the vicinity succeeded in catching her before she could reach the well. What offence if any, can A be liable for? (b)a is in a house which is on fire, with Z, a child. People below hold out a blanket. A drops the child from the roof-top, knowing it likely that the fall will kill the child. The child is killed. Examine the criminal liability of A. (c) A places men with fire arms at the outlets of the building and tells Z that they will fire at Z if Z attempts to leave the building. What is As offence, if any? 14. Write short notes on any two of the following: (a) Mock marriage (b) Acts of children (c) Voluntary intoxication- when is it a good defence? (2.5 X 2 = 5) ***

3 VVMs GOVIND RAMNATH KARE COLLEGE OF LAW, MARGAO-GOA B.A.LL.B. (Semester-III) Examination, AP/2..1~ 2016 LAW OF CRIMES Duration: 3 Hours Max.Marks:75 Instructions: 1. Answer any EIGHT questions from Question Nos. 1 to Question Nos.13 and 14 is COMPULSORY 3. Figures to the right indicate full marks 4. Candidates are expected to use case law wherever applicable (8 X 8 = 64) 1. Explain the different forms of abetment and the punishments prescribed for the same. 2. Under what circumstances can the private defence of body extend to the voluntary causing of death? Critically examine the restrictions subject to which a person may exercise such a right. 3. Examine when Culpable Homicide will amount to murder? 4. Explain the ingredients of offence of Criminal Trespass including its aggravated forms.. 5. Answer the following: a. Jurisdiction ofthe IPC,1860 b. Riot and Affray 6. Answer the following: a. Miscarriage b. Consent as understood in the IPC, What is defamation? Give an account of the various exceptions to the offence. 8. In all robbery there is either theft or extortion- Explain 9. Examine the offence of rape in the context of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, Can a man be guilty of the offence of rape for having sexual intercourse with his wife? 10. Define dacoity. At what various stages is this offence punishable? 11. Give a detailed account of the offence of Dowry Death as provided for in the IPC, Critically examine the defence of mistake of fact as provided for in the IPC,1860.

4 13. Write short notes on Any Two: (a) Dishonestly (b) (c) Criminal Conspiracy Good faith 14. Discuss with logical reasoning Any Two of the following: (2 X 2 Yz =5) (2 X 3 = 6) (a) A, a doctor by profession, communicates to B, his patient his medical opinion that he (B) is ailing from a serious medical disorder and remains with a very short life span. B dies of shock in consequence of this communication. What offence if any, can A be liable for? (b) A, a woodcutter by profession is at work with an axe, the metallic head of which flies off and hits the neck of a passer-by, thereby killing him. Examine the criminal liability of A. (c) A places men with fire arms at the outlets of the building and tells Z that they will fire at _Z ifz attempts to leave the building. What is As offence if any?

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7 II lllllijiilll.lllllllllll LOC-~ RKCL-Q:L B.A.,LL.B. (SEMETSER-111) EXAMINATION OCTOBER 2014 LAW OF CRIMES Duration : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks - 75 INSTRUCTIONS : 1) Answer ANY FOUR Questions from Q. Nos. 1 to 6 & ANY FOUR from Q. No. 8 to 13 2) Q. Nos. 7 AND 14 are compulsory Q. I) Explain territorial and extra-territorial jurisdiction of the Indian Penal appropriate illustrations. Q. 2) Write short notes on: a. Rashness and negligence. b. Voluntary Intoxication- when is it a good defence? Code with (8 marks) Q. 3) All culpable homicide is not murder, but all murder is culpable homicide. Explain. Q. 4) Write a note on t1le foltowing: a. Constitutional validity of the offence of Attempt to commit suicide. b. Cruelty to a Married Woman by Husband and his relatives. Q. 5) Explain the application of Sec. 34 IPC in criminal law and compare the same with Sec 149 IPC. Q. 6) In every robbery there is either theft or extortion. Explain. Q. 7) Answer ANY TWO ofthe following giving appropriate reasons: (5 Marks) a) A, a woman ran to towarp s a well stating that she would jump into it. Villagers in {} the vicinity succeeded in catching her much before she could reach the well. What offence if any, can A be liable for?

8 ... b) X throws a precious watch belonging to Z. into the river. Ex plain the ingredient of Xs offence. if any? c) A places men with tire arms at the outlets of the building and tells Z that they will tire at Z if Z attempts to leave the build ing. What is A s offence if any? Q. 8) Comment on the following: a. Acid attacks b. Document and Electronic record Q. 9) Make a comparative analysis of the offences of rape and adultery with reference to suitable examples. Q. I 0) Explain in detail flie law relating to abetment including the varying punishments for the same under the Indian Penal Code. Q. II) Answer the following: a. Criminal force and assault b. Acts of children Q. 12) Discus in detail the conditions wherein the exercise of the right of private defense of body extends to voluntarily causing of death of another. Q. 13) Explain the meaning of defamation and its exceptions under the IPC with an analysis ofthe exceptions. Q. 14) Answer ANY --- TWO ofthe following giving appropriate reasons: (6 Marks) a) P, a Doctor, communicates to Q, his patient, his medical opinion that Q cannot live beyond a period of one month. Q dies in consequence of the shock. What is Ps offence, if any? b) P thrusts his.hand il)tp Qs pocket in order to obtain some valuables in the possession of Q. P does not succeed in getting anything from Q. What is Ps offence, if any? (j c) A, being bound by a_n _oath to state the truth, states that he knows that Z was at a particular place on ~- particular date. It is later found that in fact Z was not at that particular place on that particular date. Can A be considered an offender? Why? *****

9 LOc-<;RKCL-Q.3 B.A.,LL.B. (SEMETSER-111) EXAMINATION, APRIL 2014 LAW OF CRIMES Duration : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks - 75 INSTRUCTIONS : 1) Answer ANY FOUR Questions. from Q. Nos. 1 to 6 & ANY FOUR from Q. No. 8 to.13 2) Q. Nos. 7 AND 14 are compulsory Q. 1) How is Consent defined in the Indian Penal Code? Outline any four provisions of this Code in which consent is relevant for the purpose of ascertaining criminal liability. Q. 2) Critically examine the following: a. Extortion b. Bigamy. ( 8 Marks). ( 8 Marks) Q. 3) Give a detailed account of the offence of Causing of Miscarriage and Injuries to unborn children. Do these offences amount to Culpable Homicide? Why? ( 8 Marks) Q. 4) Write a Note on the following: ( 8 Marks) a. Unnatural Offences b. Rash and Negligent Act Q. 5) Give an account ofthe various exceptions to the offence of Murder. ( 8 Marks) Q. 6) What is Dowry death? Give a detailed account of the position of criminal law with regard to such a death..( 8 Marks) Q. 7) Answer ANY TWO of the following giving appropriate reasons: ( 5 Marks) a. A a foreigner ~mmits murder of B an Indian, on a ship sailing in the high seas. Does jurisdiction of the Indian Penal Code extend to the act of A.. " b. X, a maid servant, sees a gold ring on the dressing table of Y, the land-lady. X conceals it from Ys view, inside the house itself, intending to take it away. on a later date. Is X an offender? Why?.

10 c. P a child of ll years of age takes away out of the possession of Q, a Rs.SOO currency note, without the consent of Q. Explain the criminal liability of P. Q. -8) Comment on the following: ( 8 Marks) a. Criminal Intimidation b. Limitations to exercise ofthe Right of~rivate Defense Q. 9) "Dacoity is perhaps the only offence which the legislature h~ made punishable at four stages". Explain. ( 8 Marks) Q. 10) Give a detailed explanation on how every member of an unlawful assembly is guilty for prosecution of a common object. ( 8 Marks) Q. 11) Write a Short Note on the following: ( 8 Marks) a. Mock Marriages b. Public Nuisance Q. 12) Give a detailed account of the theories of punishment. Which is the theory you strongly support. and why? ( 8 Marks) Q. 13) Answer the following: ( 8 Marks) a. Meaning of stolen property. b. Cheating by personation. Q. 14) Answer ANY TWO of the following giving appropriate reasons: ( 6 Marks) a. -4- takes a Cellular Phone belonging to Z, out of Zs constructive possession, in good fait~ believing it to be his (As) very own. Later on A discovers from the stored information in it, that the phone is in fact belonging to Z, yet A keeps the phone for himself. What is As offence, ilan?;,? b. X, finds a key of Ys hous~ door which Y~/has~ and X; uses this key to enter into Ys house in order to com~it an offence. Identify the offence that X has committed, if any? c. P uneducated in matters of surgery operates upon Q for a disorder of piles, using an ordinary knife. Q dies due to excessive hemorrhage (bleeding). P claims that he has earlier conducted several such surgeries in the same manner and there has been no complication, hence it is good faith on his part. Comment... on the criminal liability of P,. 0 *****

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CENTRAL LAW PUBLICATIONS. LAW PUBLISHERS & BOOK SELLERS 107, DARBflANGA COLONY, ALLAHABAD (INDIA) [ACT NO. XLV OF I860] (As amended by Information Technology Act, 2000) By R.N. SAXENAMAUB Formerly Lecturer, C.M.P. Degree College, Allahabad Author of: "A Text Book on Code of Criminal Procedure.' Revised